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A man called police Sunday morning to report his girlfriend, Cheryl Harrell, missing. While police were completing the incident report, the boyfriend and another person started to look for the victim. They discovered her charred remains in an abandoned apartment.

Her son, Jonathan Pitts, 19, was charged with murder. He's being held at the Jefferson County Jail pending $150,000 bond.

Anyone with information on the case is asked to call the BPD homicide unit at 205-254-1764.